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Newsletters

General

UCAR Quarterly—updates on UCAR, NCAR, and UOP activities and resources, serving the community of universities and organizations engaged in atmospheric and related research

Education

Earth, Wind, Sea, and Sky—research abstracts from SOARS and RESESS protégés, who gather in Boulder each summer to perform original geoscience research

Explore the Atmospheric Sciences—our newsletter of informal K-12 education happenings

SOARS Newsletter—updates on the Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science program for undergraduate and graduate students from historically underrepresented groups

Windows to the Universe Teacher Resources Newsletter—available in English and Spanish

Education Newsletter Archives

Science Now (1993–2003)—feature stories, scientist profiles, and activities to bring atmospheric science into the classroom

Research & Facilities

CISL News—frequent updates on supercomputing and other facilities, research developments, staff profiles, and more from the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory.

EOL Observer—quarterly updates on field project support, observing systems, instrument development, and the other services provided by NCAR's Earth Observing Labortory

UCAR Update—monthly news of postdoc openings, workshops, colloquia, and other activities sponsored by UCAR/NCAR for the research community at large

Unidata CommunitE-letter—online news from the Unidata community on facilitating access to data and visualization software about the Earth system for teaching and research

Weather and Society Watch—a quarterly forum for discussion and debate on current thinking about the societal impacts of weather and weather forecasting

Research Newsletter Archives

Climate-Related Impacts Network Newsletter (1995–2005)—archives of a quarterly for those interested and involved in climate-related impact assessment, from NCAR's Societal-Environmental Research and Education Lab. Incorporates the ENSO Signal.

Primarily for staff

Press Clips—media coverage of our people and projects.

Safety & Security Committee Quarterly Newsletter

Staff Notes Monthly—our in-house newsletter covering science, administration, and human interest.

Today@UCAR—our Internet news service for staff, including Daily Announcements, Calendar, Careers, Cafeteria Menu, Visitors (and Classifieds for staff only).

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Special Reports

Partnerships Around the World: Advancing Our Understanding of Earth's Atmosphere (2005)—UCAR and NCAR work with universities and research centers across the globe to learn more about the atmosphere and its interactions with the Sun, oceans, biosphere, and human society. This publication highlights our collaborations with researchers on every continent.

Highlights—an overview of UCAR research, technology, and education activities for a general audience, issued every two years.

UCAR at 40 (2000)—a special edition of Highlights spotlighting NCAR and UOP's collaborative journey with the atmospheric research community from 1985 to 2000, plus a look towards the future.

UCAR at 25 (1985)—an informal look at some of the contributions made to atmospheric science from 1960–1985, produced in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of UCAR and NCAR.

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Online Brochures

New Heights in Environmental Research: HIAPER (2004)—a research aircraft with exceptional capabilities will soon take to the skies: the High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research.

Picturing Climate's Complexity: The Community Climate System Model (2004)—an inside look at this community-built climate model, including its components, research highlights, and challenges for the future.

SCD Power Curve—occasional updates on how the Scientific Computing Division contributes to NCAR's research agenda.

NCAR Science Updates—
occasional broadsheets describing research developments at NCAR

pdf Air quality research (Winter 2006)

pdf Solar research (Spring 2005)

pdf Climate change impacts (2004)

pdf Climate change research (2004)

pdf NCAR science in service to society (2002)

pdf Recent progress in climate-related research at NCAR (2001)

pdf A down payment on the future: NCAR doubles its junior scientist ranks (2001)

Raising awareness about atmospheric research—
a series presenting vital reasons to support research on weather and climate, prepared by UCAR and the professional societies as transition materials for presidential elections

Making Our Nation Resilient to Severe Weather and Climate Change (2008)

A National Priority: Building Resilience to Natural Hazards (2001)

Improved Weather and Climate Services for the Nation: A Blueprint for Leadership (2001)

Why Should You Care About Weather and Climate? (2000)

We Are Doing a Lot to Understand Weather and Climate (1997)

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Scientific and Technical Publications

NCAR Annual Reports—NCAR’s science and facility plans and accomplishments; called NCAR Annual Scientific Reports prior to 2005.

Publications by NCAR Scientists—NCAR Annual Reports list refereed and nonrefereed articles for the fiscal year covered by the report.

NCAR Technical Notes—papers on a variety of science-related topics that would not otherwise be published in journal, monograph, or book form are available in digital form from the NCAR Library.

NCAR Cooperative Theses—products of graduate research projects collaboratively guided by a university faculty member and an NCAR scientist.

Community scientific and technical publications

COSMIC research references—contributions relevant to the community of researchers working on the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate.

Unidata Bibliography—contributions by the Unidata community to the development of data sharing tools, software tools to use and visualize the data, and other resources.

 

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Planning and Review Documents

pdf iconUCAR 2020: Strategic Outlook (2007)

pdf iconNCAR as an Integrator, Innovator, and Community Builder: A Strategy-Implementation Plan (2006)

pdf iconUOP Strategic Plan: 2006–2011 (2006)

pdf iconUCAR Finance and Administration Strategic Plan (2006)

Field Program Support at UCAR: Report of the Field Program Support Committee (2005)

Measuring the Productivity, Quality, and Impact of UCAR Programs: Metrics Report (2005)

Strategic Analysis of Space Needs for UCAR and NCAR in the Boulder Area password required(2002)

NCAR as an Integrator: A Vision for the Atmospheric Sciences and Geosciences (2001 Strategic Plan)

UCAR Education and Outreach Strategic Plan (2001)

NSF Review of UCAR and NCAR (2001)

NCAR's Strategic Plan for High Performance Simulation (2000)

NCAR—Science, Facilities, and Service (1997)

UOP Strategic Plan (1996)

UCAR 2001: A Midcourse Assessment (1996)

UCAR 2001: A Strategic Outlook for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (1992)

Preliminary plans for a National Institute for Atmospheric Research—The Blue Book (1959)

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Community Publications of Interest

Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation's Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: An Interim Report, Report of the NAS/BASC Committee (Read the report online)

Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction, from the interagency Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction, which is part of the president’s National Science and Technology Council, (June 2005).

Workshop on Earth System Observations, Report on a UCAR workshop sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., August 13–15 (2003).

NSF Geosciences Beyond 2000: Understanding and Predicting Earth's Environment and Habitability, Directorate for Geosciences, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.: NSF (2000).

A Vision for the National Weather Service: Road Map for the Future, Panel on the Road Map for the Future, National Weather Service Modernization Committee, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press (1999).

The Atmospheric Sciences Entering the Twenty-first Century (The BASC Report), National Research Council, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press (1998).

UCAR Community News Releases. Links to news releases with UCAR/NCAR/UOP participation from the atmospheric and Earth systems science community

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